ORLANDO, Fla. Muirfield is officially back in line to once again host The Open, but Rory McIlroy isnt pleased that it took the club two tries to get its membership policy correct.The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers voted Tuesday to allow female members for the first time in the clubs 273-year history, with 80.2 percent of members supporting the change. A two-thirds majority was required for approval, and the measure received only 64 percent of support during an initial vote in May.Speaking at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, McIlroy was candid with his reaction to the vote, and the fact that a second ballot was even required.
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In this day and age, where youve got women that are like the leaders of certain industries and women that are heads of state and not to be able to join a golf course? I mean, its obscene. Like, its ridiculous, he said. Well go back and well play The Open Championship, because they will let women members in, but every time I go to Muirfield now I wont have a great taste in my mouth.Muirfield was removed from The Open rota last summer, but the R&A promptly re-introduced the Scottish links after the results from the most recent vote. McIlroy missed the cut at Muirfield in 2013 and explained that he wouldnt have been that unhappy if the course had been permanently left out of the rotation.I still think that it got to the stage, this stage, is horrendous, he said. Look, well go back there for The Open Championship at some point, and I wont be having many cups of tea with the members afterwards.
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Rory McIlroy, for one, isn't ready to applaud Muirfield for finally caving to the public pressure to admit women as members. As we reported the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers voted to grant women membership, and the R&A returned the course to The Open rota shortly thereafter.
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